From Yahoo.com:
Single-child families in the booming Chinese city of Guangzhou are being encouraged to have a second child to counter the social and economic problems of a rapidly ageing population, state media said on Thursday.
Since 1980, China has limited most couples to one or two children, depending on location, occupation and ethnicity, as it has sought to limit the growth of its ballooning population, now at 1.3 billion. The offspring of China’s “one-child policy” , which covers most city-dwellers, are free to raise two children under an exemption for couples who are both only children. [Full Text]
See also: City eases ‘one child’ policy from Peopole’s Daily Online.
